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and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> one group of americans not taking the looming fiscal cliff sitting down, seniors, turning out in droves in washington with a strong warning to congress. lisa sylvester has details. >> wolf, the aarp is a powerful group in washington, it spent about $7.5 million on lobbying this year. but its real strength may be the grass roots efforts with a large number of senior volunteers, and right now their aim is to keep social security and medicare intact. jean has often traveled to washington from her colorado home. this time, the 70-year-old retiree is here as a volunteer with the aarp. she and other seniors are blanketing capitol hill with a single message, hands off. >> we're very concerned. we don't want medicare, medicaid, and social security to be used as part of deficit reducing bill in such a short period of time. >>
and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> one group of americans not taking the looming fiscal cliff sitting down, seniors, turning out in droves in washington with a strong warning to congress. lisa sylvester has details. >> wolf, the aarp is a powerful group in washington, it spent about $7.5 million on lobbying...
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is this america? i don't think so. >> reporter: to be sure, gun control legislation has stalled over the past decade largely because democrats concluded it was bad politics. especially for vulnerable democrats in conservative states. some half a dozen of those moderate senate democrats face voters in the next election, and none has embraced new gun restrictions yet. the nra, which traditionally has the power to hurt democrats in red straigates who support gun control, has been notably silent. after shooting spree in the movie theater in colorado, several lawmakers from red states told me they definitely feel the nra's clout still here on capitol hill, and just being, wolf, in senator feinstein's front office for five minutes, i could see the phones ringing off the hook about her call to revive or reinstate the assault weapons ban. at least make that the first piece of legislation in the new congress but it is very interesting it's not just the nra keeping mum right now, republican senators, most of th
is this america? i don't think so. >> reporter: to be sure, gun control legislation has stalled over the past decade largely because democrats concluded it was bad politics. especially for vulnerable democrats in conservative states. some half a dozen of those moderate senate democrats face voters in the next election, and none has embraced new gun restrictions yet. the nra, which traditionally has the power to hurt democrats in red straigates who support gun control, has been notably...
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. >> and in doing so, they tell every insane killer in america that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk. >> he has blood on his hands. >> despite being disrupted twice, making killers famous in the news and glorifying them in movies and video games. >> a child growing up in america today witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reach the ripe old age of 18. and does anybody really believe that the next adam lanza isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this very moment? >> almost certainly part of this muscle flex was to remind congress members who might be tempted to join calls for gun reform that the nra has enormous influence, not just nationally but also in state and local races. >> the national polls can show an overwhelming majority of people in favor of certain gun control measures but republicans know the turnout is small in their primaries and the nra members will be there and may very well take it out on them if they vote in favor of gun control. >> the bottom line of the nra statement
. >> and in doing so, they tell every insane killer in america that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk. >> he has blood on his hands. >> despite being disrupted twice, making killers famous in the news and glorifying them in movies and video games. >> a child growing up in america today witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reach the ripe old age of 18. and does anybody really believe that the...
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> we now know the names of the two people killed at an oregon mall shooting. investigators are calling heinous. 54-year-old cindy ann yuille is described as everybody's friend who put everybody first. steven matthew forsyth is being remembered as a passionate and zest for life. kristina shevchenko remains hospitalized in serious condition. dan, what do we know about the gunman? >> reporter: wolf, we can tell you that the shooter stole the gun that was used during the attack, according to authorities, stole the gun just the day before it happened. came here to the mall, police side fied the shooter as 22-year-old jacob tyler roberts of portland. >> the weapon recovered is an ar-47 rifle. the gun actually jammed and that likely prevented even more loss of life. at this point, we haven't found anything that would suggest a motive. this is somebody, according to people we've talked to, was very popular in high school. seemed to be well ad
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the magazine calls him both the symbol and architect of this new america. that was a quote. also on the list was mala malala yousufzal, the teenager, the pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the taliban. number three, the successor to apple's steve jobs, tim cook. i'm brooke baldwin in the cnn headquarters in atlanta. in the meantime, we go to wolf blitzer. >>. hey, wolf. >> brooke, thank you very much. president obama challenging washington to do something about gun control. >> summon even one tiny iota of the courage that the teachers, the principal in newtown showed on friday. >>> finally, some real answers about the benghazi attack that killed four americans. we now know more than reason for the grossly inadequate security. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with president obama's call to action against what he calls the national epidemic of gun violence amid the trauma over the newtown school massacre, he has put vice president biden in charge of the agenda that could be submitted to congress next month. and a growing number of americans wa
the magazine calls him both the symbol and architect of this new america. that was a quote. also on the list was mala malala yousufzal, the teenager, the pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the taliban. number three, the successor to apple's steve jobs, tim cook. i'm brooke baldwin in the cnn headquarters in atlanta. in the meantime, we go to wolf blitzer. >>. hey, wolf. >> brooke, thank you very much. president obama challenging washington to do something about gun control....
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not the least of which will be the level -- fracturing of confidence in the united states of america. >> seismic and significant. very powerful words. how could this play out for americans if we don't have a deal? what will that feel like to them, howard? >> i think there will be tremendous personal pressure on people who are going to see their daily lives affected in ways that are hard to fathom, hard to calculate and hard to understand. and that's why i think this is so critical. coupled with the fact that this will have a significant avalanche effect on the rest of the world. >> just to give you some perspective here, joe, he said compared to the debt ceiling debate, that whole debacle a year ago, this is going to be night and day. that's how much worse he thinks it will be for the global economy if we don't get a deal. so they're putting their money behind this, too. i'll show you a full page ad that you'll see thursday and friday. simple, but there you have it, come together. that will be on your starbucks cup. they're teaming up with fix the debt, which some other ceos have also
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> ali joins us from new york. there are dramatic changes as far as the estate tax is concerned if we go over the fiscal cliff, if no legislation is passed between now and the end of the year, walk us through what the folks out there can expect. >> here's how it works, wolf. if a family members dies and leaves their estate not to their spouse. but to their decendents, their children or someone other than their children. the estate tax kicks in. here's what's happening this year. according to the independent tax policy center. a state center worth less than $5 million are exempt. the center estimates about 3600 people, families, estates will fall into that category this year. 2012. next year barring any congressional action, that exemption falls down to a million dollars, the rate you pay on that estate jumps up to between 41% and 55%. on top of that, there's a 5% tax on the portion of very large tax estates. the tax policy tenners esti
america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> ali joins us from new york. there are dramatic changes as far as the estate tax is concerned if we go over the fiscal cliff, if no legislation is passed between now and the end of the year, walk us through what the folks out there can expect. >> here's how it works, wolf. if a family members dies and leaves their estate not to their spouse. but to their decendents, their children or someone other than...
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america can. there is about zero chance -- in fact, i have more chance of growing hair than the u.s. has of defaulting on its debt. i think this is ridiculous and we have to point out that a lot of these republicans, particularly tea party republicans, are making these statements that are simply not true. the u.s. stands no chance of defaulting on its debt anytime in your or my lifetime. >> i think i agree with you on almost all of that. i think it's worth pointing out there is a point in here the republicans are raising, which is a good one. if the deal goes through, as it's been written, the impact on long-term deficits is negligible. the debt is still on an unsustainable rising path. we've made no meaningful reforms to the entitlement programs. if i have a concern, it's that everybody knows what we need is a deal that smooths us out of too much austerity in the near term so we don't go back to recession. the deals with the debt over the long term. i worry we're getting the opposite. a deal that
america can. there is about zero chance -- in fact, i have more chance of growing hair than the u.s. has of defaulting on its debt. i think this is ridiculous and we have to point out that a lot of these republicans, particularly tea party republicans, are making these statements that are simply not true. the u.s. stands no chance of defaulting on its debt anytime in your or my lifetime. >> i think i agree with you on almost all of that. i think it's worth pointing out there is a point in...
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and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. >>> a bombshell announcement today on capitol hill. senator jim demint of south carolina, certainly a great champion of the tea party movement announced he's leaving the senate to become the president of one of washington's most influential conservative think tank organizations, the heritage foundation. the senator's standing by to join us live in "the situation room" in just a moment. first, let's get some background from our senior congressional correspondent dana bash joining us from capitol hill. i think it's fair to say, dana, all of us were stunned by this announcement today. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. w
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i think it goes to what america is all about. do we really want to do things which are inhumane and basically immoral, in other words, torturing people. do we want to do that? and what is the impact of our image in the world when we do do that? we are in a vast long twilight i ideological struggle with the forces of islam. and this gives them all kinds of ammunition when they have a movie shows we are torturing people. you see my point? >> we see your point. certainly do, senator. let's talk about chuck hagel the former republican senator from nebraska. man you know, you served with him. if the president nominates him to succeed leon panetta as the secretary of defense, will you vote to confirm him? >> i want to give him the opportunity if he's nominated to testify. he'll pay visits to people, before the armed services committee, which i'm a member, as you know. but i do believe that with any nomination that we will exercise our responsibilities of advise and consent. as you know, chuck hagel and i had some differences over the y
i think it goes to what america is all about. do we really want to do things which are inhumane and basically immoral, in other words, torturing people. do we want to do that? and what is the impact of our image in the world when we do do that? we are in a vast long twilight i ideological struggle with the forces of islam. and this gives them all kinds of ammunition when they have a movie shows we are torturing people. you see my point? >> we see your point. certainly do, senator. let's...
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and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. >>> toxic levels of carbon monoxide sicken dozens of people in an atlanta, georgia, elementary school. kate bolduan is monitoring that and other stories in "the situation room." what's going on? >> atlanta fire officials found what they say are record and potentially lethal levels of leaking carbon monoxide this morning after responding to a 911 call. they evacuated the elementa
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the answer is not to arm america and arm america's schools. the answer is to try to get the guns out of the hands of people who would do this kind of violence. we've got to look in a totally different direction than where some of these people are trying to point ous. >> congressman murphy, thanks so much for joining us. good luck. this is going to be a tough assignment for you and a tough assignment for everyone here. i think i speak for all of us. we've been thoroughly impressed by the people in newtown who could not have been warmer and more welcoming and have been excellent in dealing with the enormity of this crisis. congressman and senator, thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead, as newtown buries some of its children, a glimpse at the hard road ahead from parents who lost sons and daughters in other mass killings. >>> just going to a friend's wedding and watching her dance with her father, there's no way to stop the tears. >> to know what we're never going to have those simple joys, ever again. sts cell health plays a
the answer is not to arm america and arm america's schools. the answer is to try to get the guns out of the hands of people who would do this kind of violence. we've got to look in a totally different direction than where some of these people are trying to point ous. >> congressman murphy, thanks so much for joining us. good luck. this is going to be a tough assignment for you and a tough assignment for everyone here. i think i speak for all of us. we've been thoroughly impressed by the...
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at 88 years old, bush is america's hoamerica e america's oldest living former president. cnn's miguel marquez joins us from houston. what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest seems to be that he is sick, but not critical. even his current chief of staff, coming out today, gene becker, with a statement saying, you know, put the harps back in the closet. he's not going anywhere yet. when i read you a little bit of that statement, will he be in the hospital for a little while, wrote becker, yes. he is 88 years old, he had a terrible case of bronchitis, which is then complications, because of he had parkinson's disease. he got out of the hospital, went back in with the bronchitis, and it really took it out of him, it sounds like. now he's beyond the bronchitis, but they're trying to get him back up to his fighting weight, back into shape so they can get him out of the hospital, get rid of that fever that seems to be keeping him down a little bit. his spokesperson today did say, make no make about it, this guy's humor, his trademark sense of humor is in tact and all of his fa
at 88 years old, bush is america's hoamerica e america's oldest living former president. cnn's miguel marquez joins us from houston. what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest seems to be that he is sick, but not critical. even his current chief of staff, coming out today, gene becker, with a statement saying, you know, put the harps back in the closet. he's not going anywhere yet. when i read you a little bit of that statement, will he be in the hospital for a little while, wrote becker,...
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that just cannot be a healthy thing for america. and the lack of any debate also irritates bob costas. and he believes that he's putting the debate out there. he's called on president obama to now really try to take some decisive action. not to prohibit americans from arming themselves at home to protect their families but to prohibit the wholesale and easy way that you can go out and buy an ak-47, whatever it is you may want. nobody needs that, as he said, outside of the military or the police. >> the argument that i've heard from nfl players, current and former, retired nfl players, these are young guys, they're making a lot of money, they're pretty well known in their chunlt communities. a lot of times they say they buy a gun to protect themselves. because they're afraid of what could potentially happen. what does costas say about that? >> i think it's really a case of bravado, showing off. there's an amazing statistic. 624 arrests of nfl players. of those, 177 were drink or drug related involving usually driving. we saw this hor
that just cannot be a healthy thing for america. and the lack of any debate also irritates bob costas. and he believes that he's putting the debate out there. he's called on president obama to now really try to take some decisive action. not to prohibit americans from arming themselves at home to protect their families but to prohibit the wholesale and easy way that you can go out and buy an ak-47, whatever it is you may want. nobody needs that, as he said, outside of the military or the...